3.5 ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 98% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.7
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
500 or more · Section of State Range
Family & Households in 500 or more
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in 500 or more holds 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This area is characterised by large households and a high number of families with children. It is a place where multi-person homes are far more common than in most other similar areas.
3.5
▼ -5.4%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 0 areas
- 2.2: 5 areas
- 2.3: 20 areas
- 2.4: 11 areas
- 2.5: 15 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 4 areas
- 2.8: 0 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 0 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
All section of state range areas, 2021. The marker is 500 or more — higher than 98% of areas.
| 500 or more | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the largest at this level, though the usual number of people per home edged down slightly from 3.7 in 2011. About 22.6% of households contain six or more people, while 25.4% of residents live alone.
25.4% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 70% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →500 or more splits fairly evenly between 1 person (25%) and 6 or more (23%), with 2 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion rose by 1.6 percentage points since 2011, and couples with children remain the most common family type at 56.9%.
24.0% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 500 or more, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in 500 or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR721/500-or-more/topic/family-households